The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Heiberg, Gunnar Edvard Rode
(gn´är d´värd r´d h´bârg) (KEY) , 18571929, Norwegian dramatist. His plays include Aunt Ulrikke (1883), The Balcony (1894, tr. 1922), and King Midas (1890), a satire on Bjørnson. The Tragedy of Love (1904), probably his best work, deals with love as an uncivilized passion.